English debut for Silver Lad
NZPA staff correspondent ;j: London !a h Silver Lad, New. Zealand’s It i champion staying three-year-( old last season, opens his I ® Ibid for European recognitionfr next week in the Prince of I k Wales Stakes. | c But the New horse faces a tough task in | fc his, first Northern Hemip- s shere start, according to hisp l trainer, lan Balding. ! a “It is going to be a veryic tough race indeed for him,”;he said. “Because he (a has won the equivalent of| a . group ‘A’ races in the south! he is giving weight to a lot if of top horses next week.” I “But he is a very good horse and is looking very' well and I guess we have to start somewhere,” he said. The Prince of Wales Stakes is one of the main ] races on the Royal Ascot! card — one of Britain’s; most prestigious flat meet-; ings — and Silver Lad’s run! on Tuesday seems sure to!
put him alongside Balmerino i as the standard-bearer of ' New Zealand flat racing in this country. Balding, who trains sev-l eral horses for The Queen on his Kingsclere estate near the Ascot Course, is best-! known for his preparation of champion Mil! Reef. No decisions on Silver: Lad’s future programme will] be made until after his! showing at Royal Ascot. But he is currently being aimed at the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot in late July ’ — a race in which Balm- , arino is almost certain to be i a starter. [
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